Resurrection – this word is the center of our Easter celebration. Jesus’ resurrection from the dead is arguably the defining point of Christian faith – but how else is resurrection experienced? In Luke 20:36, we are called “children of the resurrection.” What does this mean? Is it a reference to a future event, a resurrection of our spiritual selves? Or might it have implications for our lives and the lives of others here and now?
Read Mark 16:1-8, Mark’s story of the resurrection of Jesus.
Is there a time in your life that you think of as a change from death to life? If not, is there a place in your life in which you feel death and wish for life? Do you identify at all with the feelings of the women in Mark 16:8? When did/do you feel terror, amazement or fear? Commit to take one of the following actions as a discipline of resurrection: praying, journaling, talking with a friend or counselor about the issue or taking another action that seems appropriate.
This message is excerpted from “Resurrection: A holy discipline” by Meagan Manas, a 2010 resource of the Women of the ELCA. Today we commemorate Mark, the Evangelist.
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